The 34-year-old talent manager gets very candid about the struggles he faced with his most successful artist in a new interview with the New York Times, admitting that, at one point, he was so concerned about Justin's well-being, he would not allow him to tour.

"I was not going to let him work," Scooter says, referencing a time in 2013, shortly after the 21-year-old singer had released the album, Journals. "He wanted to tour, and I honestly at that time felt, if he toured, he could die."

However, after being credited by some with organizing a very successful career revival for Justin -- whose newest album, Purpose, has moved over 1 million copies, and enjoyed more critical acclaim that the artist's previous records -- Scooter defends his artist, saying that the singer getting his life together was his own doing.

Canadian pop megastar Justin Bieber (C) plays basketball with a young survivor of Super Typhoon Haiyan in Palo, Leyte province on December 10, 2013. Pop megastar Justin Bieber sang to and played basketball with young survivors of the Philippines' deadliest typhoon on December 10 after he flew into the disaster zone to boost an international relief effort. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 27: The winner of Champ of Charity singer Justin Bieber (L) and singer Cody Simpson onstage at the 2014 Young Hollywood Awards brought to you by Samsung Galaxy at The Wiltern on July 27, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. The Young Hollywood Awards will air on Monday, July 28 8/7c on The CW. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images for Variety)

The "Baby" singer headed straight to the salon for a new makeover ... this time going blonde! (Instagram)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 18: Justin Bieber and Corey Gamble are seen in Beverly Hills, Ca on January 18, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Light Brigade/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)

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"I know people have seen the marketing and the A&R and everything we put together, and they're like, 'Wow, great job!' But I want to be really clear: I was trying to do that job for a year and a half, and I failed every single day," he admits. "It wasn't until something happened that it clicked for him. He made the conscious decision as a young man: 'I need to make a change in my own life.'"

"I had a meeting in the office, and I said: 'O.K., guys, these are some of my ideas. What person do you think Justin should do the intense sit-down interview with? Is it Katie Couric? Do we call Oprah and see if we can do a special?' And Ava [Coleman] — 21 years old, at the time an intern — she said: 'I just think my generation doesn't care about that. I think if you want people to see that he's for real, he should do a Comedy Central roast.' And I went: 'That is genius. Get it done.' Twenty-four hours later, I was on the phone with Comedy Central," he says.

Meanwhile, Justin recently showcased some of his adulthood in responding to that nude photo leak from earlier this year. Watch the video below.